Public Health Agency of Canada
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Funding Programs
Atlantic Region
Aboriginal Head Start
Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) is an early intervention funding program
for Aboriginal children and their families living in urban and northern
communities. The mandate of AHS is to meet the needs and foster
the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth of off-reserve
Aboriginal children. AHS projects include the following six components:
- Nutrition
- Education
- Health promotion
- Social support
- Culture and language
- Parental involvement.
Atlantic Canada has six AHS projects.
AHS projects in Atlantic Canada
Communities in Action: Photographs from AHS funded projects
For further information, please contact Teresa Palliser, Program Consultant, at (902) 426-7148, or e-mail: teresa.palliser@phac-aspc.gc.ca.
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